Cloud listened to the whole story quietly but intently. The whole thing seemed straightforward enough. He recalled how hard it could be to get supplies for medicine in Nibelheim on occasion. They always found a way to manage, but when the weather got particularly bad the town was fairly isolated. If the ingredients were rare it was even worse.

The other part of the operation still confuses him however, "Why are we interested in this mercenary? How is he involved in all of this? I mean, how do we know he knows anything at all?"